Night falls, the city gates are closed and a curfew is imposed.
The ghost market is as quiet as a haunted one. All the shops are foreign. There is not a soul or even a light on the street. It is truly a ghost street.
Huo Sanshan had just finished eating and was sitting in the room smoking a pipe. A boy stood beside him and said, "They went to eat first, and then went to several drug stores. The drug store clerk said that they were asking if there were hundreds of years old.
They were selling ginseng...Then they went to Caishikou and wandered there, and then...the little one was lost."
After hearing the silence for a while, Huo Sanshan waved away the boy. He already understood in his heart that those two ginseng customers were really not simple. His boy had not been lost, but he had been dumped by them after they found out. As for them going to the drug store to ask for goods.
, maybe I just want to find out if my things have been stolen or stolen.
It seems that the credibility of this group of people's words is relatively high. Whether this big deal can be completed depends on Fatty Liu's methods. Huo Sanshan rubbed the jade finger in his hand with a sneer on his lips.
It is not easy to get into the General Military Mansion to inquire about information. After all, the Tatar princes and generals live there, and they are heavily guarded inside and out. Even a boy inside needs a token to enter or leave.
But there is no place in the world that is absolutely airtight and watertight.
For his own safety, Dorgon took the security work to the extreme. Outside the General Military Mansion, there are one sentry and one post every ten steps. There are also many hidden sentries in the surrounding streets and alleys. Not to mention, the inner residence and office area are all full of soldiers.
On duty, most of the servants in the mansion were military slaves, yes, such as the Korean Japs and Han-Mongolian prisoners.
Only a small number of people from Jinzhou were recruited into the mansion, such as cooks, maids, and some repairmen of bricks, water, electricity, and gas. However, the activities of these people in the General Military Mansion are strictly restricted, and they are absolutely not allowed to enter the inner residence and office areas.
If you violate the rules in one step, you will be beaten severely, locked up, or beheaded. You can only stay in your own work area, and you are not allowed to enter the General Military Mansion at will. You must have a waist badge when entering and exiting.
There are so many Tatar nobles living in the General Military Mansion, and there are also women in the General Military Mansion. There are many people waiting on them to eat, drink and have sex. Fortunately, one of Fatty Liu's retainers works as a handyman in the General Military Mansion, and
This man was very good at getting things done, and he made a lot of friends there. Of course, they were all servants, maids, and the like, including Manchus, Han Mongolians, and Koreans.
These servants are nothing in the eyes of powerful people like Dorgon, but they often do shitty things in their own circle, such as stealing things from the mansion and selling them outside, and defrauding people in the name of the General Military Mansion.
No one else dared to cause trouble, and there were many people who helped the master go to the ghost market outside to sell some items... As time went by, he and Fatty got to know each other.
Huo Sanshan and Fatty Liu carefully considered it after the two guests left. The person entered through the back door of the General Military Mansion. That area was not the inner house, let alone the front hall, so they were sure to be Liu from the house's handymen group.
The body, maybe the size matters, plus the appearance and characteristics, so the scope of investigation will be smaller.
So he sent someone to the General Military Mansion to explain it carefully to his retainer, asking him to see if there was such a prominent figure in the manor. If so, he could test it out, but don't alert him.
It seems that there will be no news tonight. In the dead of night, Huo Sanshan was about to go to bed, but at this moment, a subordinate knocked on the door: "My boss, someone from Mr. Liu said there is news, and asked you to come over."
Good guy, Huo Sanshan, Fatty Liu, really has a lot of hands and eyes. It's amazing that he can still get news from the General Military Mansion at such a late hour.
He hurriedly dressed and went out. He couldn't go through the front door and had to take the back door. Fatty Liu's men were waiting for him at the door. Mr. Huo, the patrol has just passed by. Let's leave quickly.
Huo Sanshan hummed, and followed the guy along the shadows for tens of meters and turned into an alley. He stopped at the back door of a shop, knocked lightly, and soon the door opened inside.
"Master Liu, is there any news?" Huo Sanshan entered the room and quickly gave the goatee a gift. He suddenly caught a glimpse of a young man in the room: "Hey, Zhang Zhong, I haven't seen you for a long time." He raised his eyebrows.
: "Did you just come out of there?"
Zhang Zhong was Goatee's servant who worked as a handyman in the General Military Mansion. After hearing Huo Sanshan's question, he nodded slightly and said, "Send my regards to Mr. Huo."
"Hey, what a skill. You can still come out so late. What a skill." Huo Sanshan extended his thumb and praised repeatedly. Zhang Zhong smiled calmly: "It's not a small skill, it's just a matter of money."
Oh, oh oh oh, Huo Sanshan had a look of realization on his face. They all said that the general inspection of the military headquarters was strict, that is, everyone inside had to show their waist badges when entering and leaving, and there were also access controls. You could not come out whenever you wanted.
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But, money can make ghosts go around. Although the soldiers on duty are not ghosts, they still need money. They must strictly check strangers when they come in and out, but they turn a blind eye to the people inside. You give me
It's good, I will make it convenient for you.
"How is Mr. Liu's investigation going?" Huo Sanshan couldn't hold it any longer, and Goatee put down the tea cup: "Zhang Zhong, please tell Mr. Huo."
"Yes, boss," Zhang Zhong coughed softly and said eloquently. After receiving the news, he looked for the appearance described by the two visitors in the General Military Mansion. Although the area where he could move was not large, he couldn't bear it.
Good people are popular and know many people.
Soon someone came into his sight.
One of the assistant cooks in the back kitchen was a short figure, fair and chubby. This man was originally the cook of the Huijui Building in the east of the city. He was good at cooking, so he was called into the General Military Mansion to cook for the Tatar dignitaries.
It’s just that this person’s surname is not Chen, but Shen!
"Chen, Shen, it sounds similar to me. Besides, he doesn't know how to use his real name." Huo Sanshan mumbled, "What's more, is there anything unusual about this person?"
"This man is usually taciturn, rarely socializes with others, and likes to drink a little wine. He doesn't go out often, and only goes home every few days. By the way, his home is in Taiping Lane in the south of the city. He has a father, mother, and wife.
..." Zhang Zhong said unhurriedly: "I asked him indirectly whether he would go home or leave the house in the near future, and he said he had not been out for four or five days, which was different from what the two guests said."
Oh, Huo Sanshan frowned: "Maybe I didn't find the right person, or the two ginseng guests lied."
Goatee chuckled: "Why didn't you think about whether the cook had lied?"
Huo Sanshan looked at Zhang Zhong in surprise: "Did he lie?"
Well, Zhang Zhong nodded heavily: "I learned from other sources that he did go out once in the past few days, but no one knows what he did there and what he did there."
Hey, that's interesting. Huo Sanshan narrowed his eyes and said, "It's suspicious. I'm almost inseparable."
"If I tell you one more thing, you might think it's certain." Goatee stroked his beard and chuckled. Huo Sanshan became more energetic: "Master Liu, please speak."
"Just a little later, someone under my sect got news from Lord Stove that someone wanted to sell a ginseng treasure that is more than five hundred years old!"
Huo Sanshan stood up awkwardly: "May I ask where the Stove Lord is?"
Well, Goatee nodded lightly: "But that person came to inquire about the price, but he didn't bring anything over."
"With that cook?" Huo Sanshan asked again
Goatee shook his head slightly and nodded again: "According to the description, the man does not look like a guest. He is dressed in ordinary clothes and looks like an ordinary person in terms of aura. He is even a little weaker than ordinary people." Perhaps it was because Zhang Zhong was beside him.
It's hard to explain the goatee clearly, but to put it bluntly, it means that the person is a servant.
Huo Sanshan frowned: "I don't understand, please give me some advice from Mr. Liu."
Goatee waved his hand and smiled calmly: "The Stove Lord asked him where the goods were, and he said it was at the big master's place. Lao Huo, you said that in Jinzhou City, who is the big master?"
Oh, Huo Sanshan reacted: "So, the cook still has an accomplice."
"It's not just his accomplices, he also knows that it's hot and wants to take action quickly!" Goatee looked proud, but Huo Sanshan frowned again: "This person is most likely the one who tricked the guests, but how can we start from it?
Now that he has this thing in his hands, how can he get rid of those two guests?"
"The ginseng can be easily dispatched. We have agreed before that we are just looking for people for him. As for this guy, we have to put some thought into it, but the two ginseng have to be on guard. They also said before that we just need to take care of him.
Help him find someone, and he will do the rest by himself. This shows that they still have other means. To avoid complications, we have to get those two guests together first..." Goatee laughed.
"Master Liu said before, don't we need to take action?" Huo Sanshan chuckled and looked at Zhang Zhong: "If you can get out with a little money, you can definitely get in with a little money."
Zhang Zhong also laughed: "I can go in, but if I go in, I'm afraid it will be very bad."
"Isn't this exactly what we want?" Goatee's smile became even brighter: "So the affairs over the guest's side are not worth mentioning. How to find the treasure now? If the prediction is true, the treasure is still hidden in the General Military Mansion.
Inside, Zhang Zhong, you have to put more thought into it and see if you can search or steal it for him. If not, let's think of other ways. Isn't his home over there in Taiping Lane..."